USDA released its Cattle on Feed report today, which was mostly in line with expectations. The inventory of cattle in feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or more was 11.1 million head, in line with expectations. Placements and marketings were slightly lower than the average pre-report forecasts.
Average daily marketings were 86,364 head in July based on 22 work days comapred to 86,522 in July 2020 based on 23 slaughter days. Marketings as a percent of cattle on feed inventory in July were 17.2 percent, compared to 17.6 in July 2020.
Placements in July were 1.74 million head. The drop in placements compared to last year, when the market was coming out of COVID, is large, but the 2015-2019 five-year average i...
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